Psych Exam 1

To determine whether the strength of people's self-esteem is related to their income levels, researchers would most likely make use ofa. case studiesb. correlational researchc. experimentationd. naturalistic observation

Our tendency to notice and remember instances in which a premonition of an unlikely phone call is actually followed y the call most clearly contribues to a random assignmentb. an illusory correlationc. replicationd. the placebo effect

Inwhich type of reseach would an investigator manipulate one factor in order to observe its effect on some behavior or mental process?a. the surveyb. the case studyc. experimentationd. naturalistic observation

Being randomly assigned to the experimental group in a research project involves being assigneda. to that group by chanceb. to the group in which participants are representative of people in generalc. in a fashion that ensures that the independent variable will have a strong effect on the dependant variabled. to the goup in which participants are all very similar in personality characteristics.

Participants in an expermiet are said to be blind if they are uinformed abouta. the expeimental hypothesis being tested.b. whether the experimental findings will e statistically significantc. how the dependent variable is measuredd. which experimental treatment, if any, they are receiving.

The simplified reality of laboratory experiments is most helpful in enabling psychologists to a. predict human behavior in a variety of situationsb. perceive order in completely random events c. develop general principles that help explain behavior.d. observe random samples of human conduct